On campus and online, students and faculty expressed their dismay with the selection process, calling it hasty and incomplete. They also questioned whether Healey has the experience in higher education and entrepreneurial issues to run Babson.

Healey, who is no longer involved in partisan politics, said she has been an entrepreneurial leader in the political and nonprofit sectors.

“Babson embraces all kinds of entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship and people who are entrepreneurs in their approach to government, as well as those who work in the private sector,” Healey said.

A petition on Change.org calling on the college to address the community’s concerns has garnered more than 150 signatures.
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The artist’s stage name is an acronymn for Thank you God always and is known for songs such as “Rack City,” “Far Away,” and “Faded.” Almost 1,500 students have signed a petition urging officials to cancel the performance for Tyga’s “violently misogynistic lyrics.”

The Harvard Concert Commission and the College Events Board announced that they will retain Tyga for the spring concert but apologized that it was unable to “put on an inclusive event.”

In the fall, students tried to organize an effort on Facebook to bring PSY to perform at Yardfest 2013.

Pictured: Tyga performed during the launch of McDonald's Premium McWrap at Paramount Studios on March 28, 2013 in Hollywood.
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MIT

The number of reported cases of student misconduct on MIT’s campus more than doubled in the 2011-2012 academic year, although officials largely attributed the jump to better reporting by students and professors.

The number of cases, which include academic misconduct, harassment, alcohol-policy violations, and assault, rose to 64, compared with 30 the previous academic year, according to a new report prepared by a faculty panel. The number of students who were sanctioned shot up from 27 to 57.

MIT has also recently been the subject of a variety of hoaxes this spring. In March, students received a fake e-mail telling them classes were canceled due to an “Aaron Swartz situation.”

Swartz committed suicide in January, after a two-year legal battle during which he faced 13 felony charges and up to 35 years in prison. He was accused of hacking into the JSTOR archive system on MIT’s network, allegedly downloading more than 4 million articles, some of which were behind a paywall.

In the months since his death, his case has become a rallying point for internet activists and others who say prosecutors overreached.

Harvard University investigated allegations that approximately 125 undergraduate students cheated on a spring take-home final exam, said school officials, disclosing what would be the largest cheating scandal in its recent history. Several student athletes in the class withdrew.

Harvard alumnus Thomas G. Stemberg, co-founder of Staples, Inc., wrote a strongly worded letter to University President Drew G. Faust, condemning university officials for their handling of the cheating scandal and calling their approach “Orwellian.”

Pictured: Students near the steps of Widener Library at Harvard University.
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Tufts University

In November, an arm of the Tufts student government voted to withdraw recognition of the Tufts Christian Fellowship because it required its leaders to celebrate “the basic biblical truths of Christianity,” but that violated school policies against religious discrimination, the Fellowship held.

In the latest, Boston-area anti-Semitic incidents, a menorah in a Northeastern quad was vandalized and fliers bearing anti-Semitic and other offensive references were distributed in some Harvard College residences in late November.

Artist Michael D’Antuono decided to pull the original installation after receiving approximately 4,000 angry e-mails about the painting.

In 2009, D’Antuono told The Los Angeles Times, “I canceled the showing out of respect for religion. It was not meant to offend so many people,” he said. “I don’t think it would be helpful to the cause of unity to show it.”
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Wheaton College

After hateful graffiti appeared at the school's Jewish Life House on Nov. 11, the small liberal arts school in Norton came together in an unprecedented way, with campus-wide discussions, a solidarity potluck dinner, and a Facebook photo campaign geared toward highlighting the college’s diverse student body.

The small liberal arts college in Vermont, whose decision to slaughter a beloved pair of oxen and serve their meat in the college’s dining hall sparked worldwide outrage, euthanized one of the animals Sunday, Nov. 11, according to college officials.

Lou, left, was suffering from an injury. The other ox, Bill, will stay at the college and receive care, the college said.
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Roxbury Community College

The Roxbury school came under scrutiny as federal and state officials investigated allegations that it underreported serious crimes on campus. The school was plagued with other problems in the past, including low graduation rates.

An invitation to Victoria Reggie Kennedy to speak at the school’s spring commencement was rescinded following pressure from a bishop, who said some of Kennedy’s personal views on abortion, health care coverage for contraception, and gay rights do not align with church teachings.

Pictured: Victoria Reggie Kennedy addressed the Boston College Law School graduates in 2012.
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Boston College

An assistant professor faced charges in Canada after he allegedly threatened to bomb ore mines during a research trip. Dominic Papineau also faces charges of possessing a hunting rifle without proper permits and possessing a “small quantity” of marijuana, said Quebec authorities. He was suspended from the college pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings. Another professor had to travel to Canada to bring back five students who were stranded.

Allegations recently surfaced that Boston University hockey players had a “culture of sexual entitlement.” A task force was formed to compile the report after two BU hockey players were charged with sexual assault. Its public report made 14 sweeping recommendations that the school intends to implement.

Pictured: A celebration of the BU Terriers national hockey championship in 2009.
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Boston University

BU Hockey player Corey Trivino, 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and battery and one count of breaking and entering the room of a fellow Boston University in 2012.
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Boston University

Five stripped-down fraternity pledges were found covered with condiments in a hazing incident in April. Several members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity were arrested. School officials said the organization had no official ties to BU. Most charges against the nine defendants were eventually dropped or modified.
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Harvard University

Students at Harvard joined the Occupy movement in 2011, which prompted school administrators to lock the gates of the yard. Visitors were prohibited from entering for months without a student ID.

Pictured: The John Harvard statue overlooked tents set up inside Harvard Yard by some of the university's students in 2011.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The school formed a task force to review housing, services and other campus efforts after two students committed suicide within two months in 2011.

Pictured: MacGregor House, a dorm where Satto Tonegawa, an MIT freshman, was found dead.
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Harvard University

Elizabeth Warren became the focus of scrutiny after it was revealed during her campaign for Senate that she told Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania that she was Native American. While she has said she identified herself as a minority in a legal directory, she has carefully avoided any suggestion during the last month that she took further actions to promote her heritage as a professor.
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Harvard University

Professor Henry Louis Gates’s arrest by Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley in 2009 sparked national controversy and criticism, and even enveloped the president, who initially said the Cambridge police acted “stupidly” during the arrest.

Pictured: President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden had a beer with Gates, second from left, and Crowley in the Rose Garden of the White House in 2009.
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Student opposition prevented a Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant from opening on campus in the spring. The college’s student government denounced the chain amid reports that it supports groups opposed to gay and lesbian rights.

Pictured: A Chick-fil-A sign seen above one of its Maryland restaurants in 2012.
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Tufts University

Tank tops bearing a risque slogan worn by the men's crew of Tufts University led to a suspension that threatened to keep them out of the New England Championships in the spring of 2012.

Coaches imposed the punishment on the rowing team after the unauthorized slogan "Check out our cox" prompted an observer to file a report.
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Brandeis University

In 2009, school officials announced that Brandeis would close the Rose Art Museum and sell off its 6,000-object collection.

After two years of heavy criticism and a lawsuit, the University put in writing that it would not sell any of its prized collection of modern art.

In 2010, the school commissioned a review following the uproar in 2009 when two black professors were denied tenure, a controversy that prompted soul-searching at the communications arts school in downtown Boston. According to the review, Emerson has ignored the role racial bias plays in tenure and promotion, leading to an overwhelmingly white faculty and leaving African-American professors at a disadvantage.

Pictured: The Little Building was designed in 1917 by Clarence Blackall.

News of former president David Sargent’s $1.5 million compensation package in 2008 coincided with Suffolk’s sweeping efforts to stabilize its debt. The controversy lead to the resignation of the chairman of Suffolk’s board of trustees, Nicholas Macaronis.